Philips HDRW720 Recorder Review

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The Philips HDRW720 DVD recorder/hard disk combination lets you adjust your TV viewing to suit your everyday life. You'll have the option to record up to a staggering 192 hours--8 straight days--of television directly to the built-in 120 GB hard-disk drive (HDD) to watch and delete programs at your leisure. Or you can save programs to DVD for life. Your choice. The Philips HDRW720 also offers the easy-to-use TV Guide onscreen electronic program guide (EPG) so you can just point and click to record your favorite programs.

Viewed programs are automatically stored on the adjustable 6-hour HDD buffer, from which you can retrieve them, watch them again, transfer them to the hard drive,r

or simply record them onto a DVD+R/+RW disc. A feature called FlexTime lets you watch the beginning of a program while it's still being recorded. And, with the touch of a button, high-speed archiving will copy a recording from the hard disk to recordable media. Thanks to Instant Replay, you can immediately repeat exciting or memorable TV moments at the press of just one button.

You can also use the Philips HDRW720 like a traditional VCR, burning televised programs directly to disc using helpful VCR Plus+ programming data. A DVD recorder is perfect, of course, for archiving your home videos, and the Philips HDRW720 features a front-panel i.Link digital-video connection for easy DV camcorder hookup, perfect copies, and 2-way camera control.

Recording functions include safe record, one-touch record (OTR), track append, track divide, automatic/manual chapter marker insertion, Smart Chaptering, favorite scene selection, and Selectable Index Pictures.

The Philips HDRW720 is also a first-rate DVD player, featuring progressive-scan video outputs, Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround sound passthrough, MP3 CD playback (CD-R/CD-RW), and compatibility with most DVD media (including video-mode DVD-R and DVD-RW).

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the Philips HDRW720 will deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

Top-of-the-line component-video inputs and outputs help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite-video, S-video, and RF coaxial video inputs and outputs bring compatibility with nearly any video component and television monitor. Audio inputs consist of 2-channel analog jacks.

Two sets of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (1 each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver

What's in the Box?

Philips HDRW720 DVD recorder/hard disk, a universal remote control, remote batteries, a channel blaster (IR extender cable), a blank DVD+RW disc, an AC power cable, a composite-video cable, a stereo audio cable, a coaxial RF antenna cable, an S-video cable, a component-video cable, a digital-audio coaxial cable, a user's manual, and warranty information.

What Features Does the Philips HDRW720 Have?

  • Color: Silver
  • Disc capacity: 1
  • Progressive scan: Yes
  • 3:2 pulldown: No
  • Region playback: Compatible only with non-region-coded (code-free) discs and with discs coded for Region 1
  • Switchable 480p/480i: Yes
  • Built-in hard drive: Yes
  • Hard-drive capacity: 120 GB (192 hours maximum)
  • DVR abilities: Pause live TV, simultaneous play and record (FlexTime), high-speed archiving from HDD to DVD
  • Memory card slot: No
  • Playback formats: DVD-Video (NTSC), VCD, SVCD, DVD+R, DVD+RW, video mode DVD-R and DVD-RW, red book CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 CD, JPEG picture CD
  • Recording formats: DVD+R, DVD+RW
  • TV tuner: NTSC
  • Firmware upgradeable: No
  • Aspect ratio control: Yes
  • Dialog enhancer: No
  • Integrated receiver: No
  • Front-panel operation: No (remote required for use)
  • Quick play: No
  • Multi-angle viewing: Yes (with applicable discs)
  • Audio encoding: Dolby Digital 2.0 only (16 bits, 48 kHz; does not record linear PCM digital audio)
  • Horizontal resolution: 525 lines
  • Video DAC: 10-bit, 54 MHz
  • Audio DAC: 24-bit, 96 kHz
  • Video ADC: 9-bit, 27 MHz
  • Audio ADC: 24-bit, 96 kHz
  • HDCD decoding: No
  • Video signal-to-noise ratio: Information not available
  • Audio signal-to-noise ratio: 105 dB
  • Dynamic range (video): Information not available
  • Dynamic range (audio): 90 dB (at 1 kHz)
  • Crosstalk (audio): 105 dB (at 1 kHz)
  • Distortion plus noise: 90 dB (at 1 kHz)
  • Chapter preview: No
  • Custom bookmarks: No
  • Frame advance: Yes
  • Still/freeze frame: Yes
  • Jog/shuttle dial on unit: No
  • Forward/reverse play: Yes
  • Speeds: Fast Forward/Backward (3 speeds), Step Forward/Backward, Slow (3 speeds)
  • Karaoke: No
  • Multilingual support: Yes (English, Spanish, French)
  • Instant replay: Yes (for hard-disk/TV viewing only)
  • Remote control: Yes
  • Parental controls: Yes (disc lock, up to 50 discs)
  • Picture zoom: Yes
  • Random play: Yes
  • Recording capability: Yes
  • Recording capacity: 1 to 8 hours per side, depending on selected quality level (7 levels)
  • Advance recording: Yes (12 events, 1 year; daily/weekly/regular)
  • Electronic program guide: TV Guide onscreen (for point-and-click recording)
  • VCR Plus+: Yes
  • Auto clock set: No
  • Recording features: Favorite scene selection, automatic/manual chapter marker insertion, selectable index pictures, selectable background picture, append, divide, and fit to space
  • Video encoding: MPEG2 for DVD, MPEG1 for VCD
  • Video editing functions: Smart chaptering, Favorite Scene Selection, Automatic/Manual Chapter Marker insertion, Selectable Index Pictures, Append, Divide
  • Favorite scene selection: For easy editing of your home movies
  • Memory: Non-volatile (retains clock data for up to 5 hours without power)
  • Disc library: Up to 9,000 titles, up to 999 discs
  • G-Link/IR Blaster included: Yes (provides cable-box control through DVD/HDD recorder)
  • Repeat play: Yes (A-B)
  • Resume play: Yes (up to 20 discs)
  • Track programming: No
  • Intro scan: Yes
  • Time search: Yes
  • Reverse-frame step: Yes
  • Screen dimmer: Yes (display on/off)
  • Screen saver: No
  • Slow motion: Yes
  • Text display: No
  • VCR capability: No
  • Audio outputs: 2 stereo analog (left/right), 2 digital (1 coaxial, 1 optical)
  • Headphone jack: No
  • Audio inputs: 3 stereo analog (left/right) RCA
  • Video outputs: 1 component-video, 1 S-video, 1 composite-video, 1 RF
  • Video inputs: 1 component-video, 1 S-video, 1 composite-video, 1 IEEE 1394 DV, 1 RF
  • Surround-sound output: Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel passthrough
  • Simulated surround sound: No
  • THX-certified: No
  • Front-panel inputs: Yes (including i.Link and S-video)
  • Power input: AC 90 to 140V (120V nominal), 50/60 Hz
  • Power consumption: 38 W power consumption (operation), 8 W power consumption (standby), 3 W low power consumption (standby)
  • Environmental: 59 to 95 degrees F, with 25 to 75 percent humidity
  • Item width: 17.13 inches
  • Item height: 2.99 inches
  • Item depth: 13.19 inches
  • Item weight: 8.8 pounds
  • Warranty: 1 year parts and labor